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Denmark tops Forbes’ annual Best for Business list while Sweden, Norway and Finland all are in top ten. Denmark beat Hong Kong in Forbes Magazine’s yearly ranking of the worlds’ countries …
Denmark is the best country to do business according to Forbes Magazine Read More
EU has just released their yearly update on airlines that are not allowed in Europe due to inadequate safety standards. More than 60 Indonesian airlines are blacklisted. If you are …
Large number of Indonesian and Philippine airlines blacklisted by EU Read More
For the third year running, Denmark has once again topped an international report on global climate protection, released in Lima, Peru as part of the United Nations Climate Conference. Denmark …
Denmark has world’s best climate policy Read More
Love it or hate it, the Danish Christmas tradition stipulates one type of food must be present on the table, and that food is pickled herring. For a country whose …
Danes prefer Norwegian herring Read More
A project to standardize the taste of Thai food has spent THB 30 million to create a robot that can taste whether or not a Thai-dish is cooked according to …
Committee claims that robot can tell “real” Thai-food from imitations Read More
Despite the high costs of transportation and administration Asians are taking over unpopular jobs in Greenland’s service sector. As Greenland struggles with an unemployment rate of about 10 percent, Asian …
Asians find work in Greenland despite high unemployment rate Read More
As one of the few police forces around the world, the Norwegian Police force has kept their guns locked in the patrol cars. Due to a raised fear of terrorist …
Norwegian police officers carry guns in fear of terror Read More
Domestic abuse can happen anywhere at any time. The question becomes: Will a bystander witnessing violence between two intimate partners step in and take action? The Swedish organization STHLM Panda …
Domestic Abuse ‘Social Video Experiment’ Does Not Go As Planned Read More
A Dutch club in Stockholm that was planning a festive party featuring Santa alongside a servant with a black painted face has shelved the idea following numerous complaints of racism. …
Dutch club in Stockholm drops black-faced Santa’s helpers Read More
Effective traffic solutions using data instead of huge infrastructural projects is one of the reasons Copenhagen received an award for being smart. The plan Copenhagen Connection that is a plan …
Copenhagen wins prestigious smart-city award Read More